banned from the track

i woke up this morning at 4:30am and realized that i'm not allowed to go to 5:50am track practice today. no hill repeats. no circuit drills. no monster hill climb. no 180 steps/minute... more sleep. i'm kind of sad (and yes i'm crazy).

not that my day isn't full... so i went back to bed and got up at 7am. last day at work and lots to be done! month end reports. payroll. meetings with my team. plus had to get my dad from his 1st rituxan treatment. he seemed ok. it took 5 hours and they had to stop half way through because he was having a reaction to it. but he seemed fine. called my mom to let her know we're back and he still has all 10 fingers and 10 toes, etc. once he was home and settled, i hurried home (except traffic was not my friend - who plans a 49er & raider game on the same thursday?!) got home. changed and did my easy 20 minute run per the taper down training schedule. again, i didn't want to deal with driving anymore so i did my old run from home to starbucks and back. it was another hot day and my last run before my 1/2 marathon, but no time to get sentimental. i had to get back in the car and go to sportsbasement and get gu and other odds and ends before the trip (and no, traffic was not better later in the evening). it's past 11pm and i'm still going... gotta finish this report for work. gotta clean and pack... and eat! did i tell you that i need to be at the airport in 5 hours?! eek! i'll sleep on the plane.

1.8 miles
17:38 minutes
<10 minutes a mile

4 days to go...

today was a busy day... and hot! i thought i was busy at work yesterday, but i'm trying to get everything done at work before i leave and make sure there aren't any loose ends, plus any other things at home that need to be done. ACK! i leave in 2 days and run in 4. i almost didn't make my run today. it's usually a cross train day where i bike or do pilates, but there is no strength training this week and i need to do something to keep the legs loose for sunday. i got out of work (later than i planned) and ran around the block (well a group of blocks). i didn't do this loop before but it was flat, and i didn't need to move my car before going home. today wasn't the most exciting run. it consisted of sidewalks and buildings and heat. my legs felt better than yesterday too. after i mapped it each loop was .7 miles and i did 5 laps... was gonna do 4, but that put me at 25 minutes. i can't wimp out bc it's hot... it was 80+. what am i talking about?! my run is in kaua'i and it's going to be 84 degrees... and raining.

tomorrow is the last run before sunday's half marathon. only 20 minutes. EEK!

3.5 miles
32:49 minutes
9:23 miles a minute